Bulletstorm PC System Requirements Announced

With Bulletstorm's release drawing near, the PC system requirements for Painkiller creator People Can Fly and Gears of War dev Epic's the over-the-top shooter have been revealed. You'll be relieved to hear they're less extreme than the marketing.

Also hitting Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, Bulletstorm is due out on February 22. An Xbox 360-exclusive Epic Edition will offer early access to the Gears of War 3 multiplayer beta and other digital goodies, only available "while supplies last" but costing the same as the regular edition. Here's the minimum and recommended PC specs:

Bulletstorm requires the following minimum configuration:

• Processor Intel Core 2 Duo, AMD Athlon X2, or equivalent, running at 1.6 GHz or greater

• Memory (RAM) 1.5 GB

• Video Card DirectX 9.0c compatible, 256 MB of VRAM; NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS, ATI Radeon HD 2400 Pro 256 MB, or greater

• HDD Space 9 GB available

• Operating System Windows XP (SP3), Windows Vista (SP2), or Windows 7

• Soundcard DirectX 9.0c compatible, 16-bit

• Disc Drive 16X CD/DVD Drive

• Network Internet (TCP/IP) connection

The following configuration is recommended to run Bulletstorm:

• Processor QuadCore 2.0 GHz

• Memory (RAM) 2 GB

• Video Card DirectX 9.0c compatible, 512MB of VRAM; NVIDIA GeForce GTX260, or ATI Radeon 4870

• HDD Space 9 GB available

• Operating System Windows Vista (SP2), or Windows 7

• Soundcard DirectX 9.0c compatible, 16-bit

• Disc Drive 16X CD/DVD Drive

• Network Broadband Internet (TCP/IP) connection